Evangelical work for diakonia and development

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The Evangelical Work for Diakonia and Development e. V. (EWDE) is a work founded in October 2012 by the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), old denominational churches and free churches . It was created through the merger of the Diakonisches Werk der EKD (with bread for the world ) and the Evangelical Development Service . It is based in Berlin-Mitte .

History / tasks

In 2008 it was decided to merge the Diakonisches Werk of the Evangelical Church in Germany with the Evangelical Development Service. In October 2012, we started working together in the Evangelical Work for Diakonia and Development. Berlin was chosen as the headquarters of the plant. The previous locations of the plants in Stuttgart , Bonn and Berlin-Dahlem were given up and merged in the new office. The plant was officially inaugurated on March 14, 2013.

The task of the work is to network and bundle the social work and development cooperation of the Protestant churches in Germany.

The organization includes in particular:

  • Bread for the World (helping people to help themselves to improve the living conditions of poor and disadvantaged people in so-called developing countries, since 1959)
  • " Churches help churches " (support for Protestant minorities in Europe, Orthodox churches and churches and their local congregations overseas)
  • Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (short- or medium-term aid; financing primarily through donations, but also from federal and European Community funds)
  • Scholarship programs through which foreign students can study at German universities for one to two years
  • Diakonie Deutschland with 17 regional and 69 professional associations of diakonia

structure

The corporation is divided into the works Diakonie Deutschland and Bread for the World .

Board

The plant is represented by the board of directors, which has five members with the following responsibilities:

  • Presidential area Diakonie Germany
  • Social policy
  • Presidential Area Bread for the World
  • International programs and domestic funding
  • Finance, human resources, organization, law and economics

The President of Diakonie Deutschland and the board members responsible for social policy as well as for finance, personnel, organization, law and economics also form the management of the Diakonie Deutschland plant. The President of Bread for the World and the board members for international programs and domestic funding as well as for finance, personnel, organization, law and economics also form the management of Bread for the World.

According to the statutes, the chairmanship of the board should change between the presidents of both plants every three years; the president of the other plant acts as deputy. The chairman of the board was President Johannes Stockmeier (Diakonie Deutschland) from 2012 to 2014 and President Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel (Bread for the World) from 2014 to 2017 . From 2017 to 2020, President Ulrich Lilie (Diakonie Deutschland) was the chair and since July 2020 the chair at the plant has changed back to Füllkrug-Weitzel (Bread for the World).

Supervisory board

The plant is under the supervision of a supervisory board under the current chairmanship of Berlin Bishop Markus Dröge .

Conference on Diakonia and Development

The Diakonie and Development Conference is the highest decision-making body of the work. It has 112 delegates. The conference forms the Diakonie and Development Service and Humanitarian Aid committees.

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ^ Diakonisches Werk der EKD with Bread for the World and Evangelical Development Service seal the merger. In: Diakonie.de. June 14, 2012, archived from the original on November 13, 2012 ; accessed on October 22, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Ute Burbach-Tasso: Evangelical Work for Diakonia and Development officially inaugurated. Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church Hanover, March 13, 2013, accessed on July 1, 2020 .
  3. ↑ EKD: Congratulations on founding the "Evangelical Work Diakonie and Development". In: regionalWeltenbüttel.de. June 14, 2012, archived from the original on February 12, 2013 ; accessed on July 1, 2020 .
  4. ↑ The Evangelical Work for Diakonia and Development. In: Diakonie.de. Retrieved December 8, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Ulrich Lilie takes over as chairman of the EWDE. In: Diakonie.de. Archived from the original on December 9, 2017 ; accessed on July 1, 2020 .
  6. ^ Diakonie Deutschland: Pastor Füllkrug-Weitzel takes over the chairmanship of the Evangelical Work for Diakonia and Development. In: Diakonie.de. June 15, 2020, accessed July 1, 2020 .
  7. ^ Conference on Diakonia and Development. In: brot-fuer-die-welt.de. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .